Introduction and Summary:

This report I have created uses the incarceration data to get specific information about the prison system in the United States. As we all know, even though Racism impacts all people of color in this country, Black Americans are the ones that experience the most racism. For that reason, I decided to use this data to help me understand the population of Black people in prison from different years and times. I created a table “inc_data” and chose the columns I wanted to help me learn about Black Americans in the system. From there I created other tables to help me answer questions. After using the “inc_data” I have learned that the highest average for the Black Prison population for all years starting from 1990 and ending in 2016 was 360.8024194 and the lowest average for all the years was 196.6581006. I have also learned that in 2016, the average Black Prisoners was 267.5627477. I chose to look at 2016 because it’s the last year on my table. I have also learned about the difference between the starting year 1990 and the ending year 2016 averages which was 70.9046471. The year 1990 has an average of 196.6581006 Black Prisoners.

Time Trend Chart:

This chart is good for looking at the year that had the most Black people in the system as a whole, we can see by following the points on the chart that it’s 2013 as it had over 25 Million Black people in the system (Prison, jail, etc). We can also see the change in the Black population over the years.

Comparison Chart:

This chart shows us the difference in the regions in the country. By looking at it we can see that the “Northeast” had the highest population of Black prisoners. This chart helps us see the regions that had the highest Black Prisoner pop. and the regions that had lower.

Map of California:

This map shows the prison population of Black Americans from different counties in California from the year 2015, the green color represents the N/A values. By looking at the map and the “Population” color section we can see which county had the highest prisoners.